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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-22
TAX REDUCTION.
VIEWS OF ZION. SAMUEL RAN
DALI.


PAoLI, Pa, July 11.-Chas. w.
Knapp, Esq. Washington Bureau,
Missouri Republican Dear Sir-I
am III receipt of your letter and, as
explained in % previous interview,
when you called upon me, under
stand your object to be to ask an
expression Of my opinion az to the
probability Of legislation this win
ter to reduce taxation. Your
chief object, You state, is to lcvcl-
op the possibility Of uniting the
Democrats of the House upon a
measure having an >elnmistakabIe
party stamp. You then subjoin
suggestions which you state have
already been submitted to Demo
cratic members of the Filtieth
Congress in similar letters of in
qulry. You inquire:
81. Is there practical basis of
through which tile
Democrats of the House can
unite I"
There is such q basis, and has
been all along, which might have
been adopted for tho creation of a
lair and Just system of revision of
ofr present tariff and internal rev
enue taxation. But nothing can
lbe done in the future, as nothing
was done in the past, if the House
is organized as heretofore, deliber-
atcly, 1T would seem, on the theory
that the dictum; of a few so-called
Eleaders-notwithout the suspicion
of representing other interests
must be takeiiEwitlout question
and accepted i'll. every; point aud
as an ALTERNATIVES It be rejected,
that then nothing shall be permit
: ted to be doiIe. There must be a
disposition shown to act fairly all
around and that disposition can
never exist whom wesaregtold by
nesof these self-constitntel lead
crs;Lctsus fake off one-fifth now.
IT thai does not reduce the reve.
+ nue., we can take off more. Some
time We will cut TO the quick and
draw blood. IT twenty per cent.
willlnot reduce tho revenue pcr-
haps fifty will.D I do not enter.
tain any feeling of vengeance
against the producers Of the coun-
try because they are enjoying a
sson of general prosperity. I
their welfare to their dis
lir success to their ruin.
IS nue istoo great, and a
- current surplus is
>ASt OHt iHtCIutl
3 hat amount is too
Compel a closer ap.
81 evenue only" line,
certain class of
I'm this hight why not
Is internal reuenueF sys.
H 1sciSe taxes are Ittwor
& They have been SO re-
all times, and from their
ial and arbitrary cliarac-
81 laye been esteemed al
i s dangerous to the peace
= sslort and civil rights Of orr
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-22


schedule of tariff duties which would
reduce taxation to the lowest figures
required for an economical admins.
tration of the government, but at the
same time in the laying of these du-
ties 1 would insist that wherever it is
necessary and within the proper pur-
view of the law itself, to see to secur-
ing the fullest encouragement and in.
cidental protection to our industrial
interests, it should be done, no mat
ter in what part of the Union they
may be located. This course of &C
ton is in harmony with Democratic
history and it is likewise prompted
by due, zegafd to the advancement
OF our interests as well as an mp.
proach to the destiny of our country.
We would be worse than heathens
not to take care of our own.
It is q mere assumption that come
men act from what they call ''princi.
pie and that others do not. The
loudest. shouters for free-trade have
oeen found, when it came to the con.
sidsration Of the "details Of a tariff
bill, voting persistently for the largest
/ rotsctiye duties upon the most ri
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-22
THE GROWTH OF THE SOUTH
SOLID AND PERMANENT.

SOLID AND PERMANENT.
There Is no mistaking the signs OF
the times. The South, not part on.
ly of it, is on the move to prosperity
and to an activity in all lines of hu.
man industry that will undoubtedly
surpass in magnitude the great de-
velopment of the Western States.
For years the tide of immigration
from Europe and from the East
spread over the West, peopling with
a busy population eager for active
work that immense region; capital
poured in for the development of
agricultural lands, the building of
railroads. factories and all the indus
tries that so to make up the business
life of a rich and populous country.
The result everybody knows. The
West developed with q rapidity that
was startling, but it was q solid
growth and there has been no decline,
and there will be none. 1t has per.
mancntly taken its place as one of
the immensely wealthy portions of
the world.
The South has now taken the place
SO long held by the West as tho Gen
ter of attraction for capital and i'm
migration.
These opportunities have been i'm
proved and the North and the South
are vieing with each other, rs to
which shall accomplish the greater
work in the development of the
Soutli's wonderful riches. The flow
of immigration is now to the South
instead Of to tho West, and Northern
capitalists have now turned their in.
vcstments in the same direction
These currents of trade felt first in
force in Alabama, are now rapidly
spreading out and covering the whole
South. Everywhere we see this
From Virginia to Texas activity is
seen; money is becoming more album
dant; the long-hoarded treasures are
being put into circulation, new indus
tries are being established, buildings
for stores and dwellings are going up
as never before, railroad construction
is active and of all signs, one of the
best. there is strong advance in
real estate values. Throughout the
South real estate has been low and
hard to sell, except in special loca
lions, for even small part OF it's in.
trinsic value. Vast mineral and tim.
Der properties that kept their owners
Gland poor" returning no profits, but
costing heavily in taxes, were un.
salable; farm lands were Compare.
lively without demand. Now there
is steadily improving market for
real estate of all kinds and thousands
of land owners have already realized
the blessings of this, and have sold
at good price, land for which they
had heretofore found no demand.
This does not mean, as some have
imagined, a real estate speculative
mania that will soon react with dis
astrous results. 1t means that n new
order of things has come and that
the South has entered upon an era of
active solid and permanent growth
that will make her as much greater
than the West and New England in
wealth. than she is greater than they
in natural resources
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-22
A BONANZA FOR CHARLES
TON, w. VA.

During the past two months q
Pittsburg Pa.) company has been
boring for natural gas at the old
springs, eight miles above the city,
on the Kanawha riyer.-Eyery indi.
cation was that gas would be found,
but not until Saturday last were ex-
pcctations realized, when a fair flow
was struck at depth of 1890 feet.
Work was stopped owing to the fact
that the flow was SO great as TO blow
the instruments out of the we'll. This
report is from Capt. Allen, who has
the contract for boring. Excitement
runs high, and stockholders are very
enthusiastic in che find. Subsequent
reports, however, state that the well
coon exhausted itself and that the
company will bore deeper.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-22

The Knoxville (Tenn.) city coun-
Gil has voted to appropriate S275,O0O
to aid the construction of the Knox.
vile Southern Railroad, and 1925.
600 to the Powelps Valley Railroad.
Both roads are to be completed with.
in two years, and will give Knoxville
connection with all the railroad
systems of the South.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-22

The Roanoke Times Printing Com.
pany are preparing to publish a large
Industrial iseue of the Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-22

The engineering party OF the Roa.i
noke and Southern have begun the
work of surveying the road.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-22

have just received some new
Jewelry, not the largest lot, but some
Of tho prettiest you eyer laid eyes on.
Call and see 1t.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24
Olive Culture

The interview with Major w. r. Cou-
per, recently published in THE PALATK A
NEWS, giving his opinions and expert
ence in olive culture, has already borne
fruit. and as will be seen from the fol-
lowing taken from the Key West Demo
crdt, the business will probably be en-
gagged in to a large extent in the extreme
southern part of the STATE. The Demo
erat says:
Now that an enterprise Is ON foot to
start mammoth nursery of olives near
the p opposed settlement of Naples, in
Mo lroe County, it would he well for our
South Florida people to give the subject
of olive culture in our section of this
county serious consideration, and in
quire whether there is any other possible
investment that will pay more readily
and with more certainty than an olive
plantation We all know that from the
earliest date of which we have any rec
ord, the culture of the olive has
been recognized as a profitable industry
in those Eastern countries where the eli
mate was adapted to its growth, and its
cultivato-s Rave always been regarded as
bene 'sctors of the human race. The
wonder Is that a crop so easy of cultiva-
ton. with so few enemies and with such
satisfactory results, should have been so
long neglected in a country so well
adapted to its cultivation. The olive Is
generally propagated from the cutting,
any small section of the tree with good
thick bark growing readily There is an
old Italian proverb which says: IAN
olive plantation is a gold mine ON the
face of the earth.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24
Runaway,

Yesterday the double wagon team of
Judge Vertrees became frightened at a
train and ran off at fearful rate up
First street. They ran into Capt. Reid's
garden, made the circuit of the drive
way inside, and started back as wild as
any two horses ever get to- be. Mr.. Chas.
f. Eaton, just before they reached the
garden gate, caught the reins of one of
the horses, and after fearful struggle
succeeded in stopping them In the
struggle the pole of the wagon struck
MIR. Eaton ON the head, giving him a
stunning blow, but cutting the forehead
very slightly. Strange to say the run
away team did no damage, neither the
horses, wagon nor harness being in the
least hurt. But there is no telling what
they would have done had not Mr..
Eaton bravely stopped them.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24
All Southern California for Sale.
New York Tribune


Governor Alger, of Michigan, says of
Southern California, the remarkable
growth of which he is enthusiastic. THE
country" said the Governor, ''seems to
be staked out in town los, and the
prices procured for these lots is some
thing fabulous as compared with the
sums for which the land was originally
purchased. There are lots enough staked
out i'm Southern California to provide for
the entire population of the city of New
York appOrtioned at the rate of thre,.
persons to the lot. 1t would take NOR.
than the combined capital of all t..u
banks of New York to buy up these lo.s.
They have "A story out there about lum-
Der which illustrates the craze. 1t is
said that a gentleman went to a lumber
dealer and desired to buy enough lumber
to build a house. He was looked upon
with compassion by the dealer. who said
to him that there was no lumber for
sale. When he asked for an explanation
the dealer replied to him as if he had
compassion for his ignorance. that 1.-The
lumber was all sold for stakes for tow n
lots"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24
New York Tribun,


A quaint and pleasant talker of the
old school is Major Smith (''Bill Arp, y
of Atlanta, Ga. who was here the other
day to delivera lecture. The Major was
a STAKEHOLDER in his younger days. hav-
ing received three families of negroes.
some twelve persons in all, as the we'd
ding portion of his wife. In talking
about the slave question he said: This
talk that the South lost 800. 0OO. 900 by
the Emancipation Proclamation is all
nonsense. / am prepared to show that
the South did not lose a dollar I'm all
my experience as slave-Owner, if ever
made a dollar by their labor L do not
know it. We got their labor in exchange
for their food and clothing, the rearing
of the young and caring for the old. We
get their labor for the price now with
out the burden of responsibility for the
young and the aged and sick. We used
to pay their doctors bills: now they pay
their own. The difference is already
seen from the fact that many men are
accommodating wealth through the en-
ployment of negroes who never got
ahead dollar in the slave days. al
though they were the owners of many
slaves
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24
A Big Sale.

Mr.. ID. w. Crosby, who owned some
valuable property on Drayton Island, in
this county, has just sold the same to n
Northern gentleman. The home place
was sold for $50, 600, and the grove on
lots and 3. little below the home
place. sold for $40 900, making as total
for the whole property the good ronnd
sum of 100000. The price was paid part
in cash and the remainder in stock of
an old established and paying munufac-
turing establishment The property has
been turned over to the new owner, and
his agent is now i'm charge of it,
This property is very valuable and de
sirable, and sold for "A good price. The
new owner Is to be congratulated i'm Sc
curing it, as the place can easily be made
one of the most attractive spots ON the
st. Johns River.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24
War i'm hey West.
Key West Equator.

Collector Harris expressed the opin-
ion, that probably the proprietors of the
EreHing Cal, becoming ashamed of their
progeny, had taken quick steps to rid
themselves of it This is hard con-
structiOn to put on the fire near the Key
Of the Gulf office recently."-I City
Contemporary.
Originating, as it did, in the futile
brain of a wodld-be Congressman, the
above paragraph is hardly worth cor
recting: for. no man with any hope of
Heaven or fear of he'll would print such
an UNANIMOUSLY untruthful iDsinuation.
DIR. Hatris does not speak to the editor
of that paper nor permit the sheet to en-
ter his premises, and he authorizes us to
brand that man as a LIAR, that says he
has made use of the above stated ex-
pressiOn.-Key Of the Gmf,
am the author of the above article.
and though l did not hear DIR. Harris
say so, 1T came to my ears from such
good and responsible authority, personal
friends of his and of mine, and though
| am satisfied that he expressed the
opinion in a joking manner, 1 feel no
hesitancy in fiinging the lie back into
his teeth, and re-asserting that he did
say SO. j. l.. MORT, JR-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24
BEECHER ON A BOB-TAILED CAR.


A Woman Who Accused Him of Keeping
Five Cents Change.
New York Tribune.
Mr.. Beecher was once charged with
stealing five cents. 1t was when, one
day three or four years, agorode uptown
in Bleecker street bob-tail car with his
old friend, George l.. Crane, then a
member of the music committee in Ply
mouth Church. The two were out on a
search for talent to help along the
choir. A lady entered the car and
look a seat Mr.. Beecher. who was
standing muffied in his gree t-coat and
SLOUGH hat, handed up her quarter and.
receiving an envelope with the change.
opened it, put five cents in the box and
handed back the rest. The lady counted
the change carefully. and looking Sc
verely at the Plymouth pastor said:
1T is five cents short, sir. You have
sole of the change"
Mr. Beecher flushed scarlet and looked
the picture of guilty confusion. No one
was ever more easily embarrassed i'm the
presence of harshness of Judgment or
ill-breeding i'm others. His native polite
ness and kindness of heart made him ex-
cessively sensitive to such exhibitions.
Possibly, madam" he stammered:
there may be some mistake. L will ask
the driver" and stepping to the door he
hammered on the glass and made signs
to the driver to open. The door was
pushed back and a broad Celtic face APP
peared in the opening with a We'll,
What's wanting
This lady" said Mr.. Beecher, point
ing to his severely observant accuser
complains that she did not receive the
right change. There must be some mis-
take"
Il don't know nothin' about il" in
terrupted the Jehu with a sneer; If wees
want yer change, yeesll have to ride to
the end of the line. Glang- and the
door was closed with bang that shut
off further discussion.
Mr.. Beecher stood embarrassed and
irresOlute before the indignant woman.
who still held the change in her extended
hand. Mr.. Crane. who had been Sc
cretly enjoying the scene, came to the
rescue of his pastor by suggesting that
he should give her five cents. a smile
of satisfaction Ii. up Mr.. Beecher's face
as he puts his hand in his pocket and
pulling out "A nickel said; ALLOW me,
madam. to correct the mistake, / am
very sorry.
The woman dropped the coin in her
pocket-hOOk with cOntemptuous sni III
and turned her head away without re-
plying. AS she did so, a passenger ON
the opposite sitie of the car. leaned
over and whispered something in her
ear, of which Mr.. Crane heard the one
word, .'Beecl err" The woman gave a
sudden and violent start, stole one brief.
searching glance at the stout stranger.
and dropped her veil, coloring To the
temples. Mr.. Beecher finished the trip
ignorant of how he had been avenged.
He never referred to the matter after
ward and disliked to have it spoken of.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24
Fruit Juice.
Nicksburg MagaZin


Every fruit known will make cider
That from pears is of ancient renown As
perry. but pear juice is worth more for
syrup or fruit honey, as il is rich in SUI
gar. Plum cider is very nice, and grape
cider will yet be the American beverage,
having the strengthening quality of wine
without its alcoholic spirit. and tasting
bettor than anything known i'm the shape
o. drinks. There would not be a grape
too many in the United States if the
juice, freshly drawn from the clusters.
undiluted. could be placed ON sale in our
cities. Its delicious, pure refreshment
Justifies all that poets have sung. and
writers raved about the blood of the
grape, while for benefit to feeble, CON
sumptive or bilious people its effects out
do hypophosphites. a trip To Italy or Sar-
atoga waters. In the Erie wine regions
and other vineyard belts, when the
grapes ripen. sallow, liver congested peo-
pie from cities take board where they
can drink the must of new wine as it
comes from the press, and return built
up for the winters dissipation. Con-
sumptives. especially, cannot do better
than to try the grape cure in this form
and the vineyard season" may yet be as
fashionable as the seaside in July or
Lenox in October
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24
CITY NOTES.

The wise man sticketh to his umbrella
now days.
If we are to judge by the rains of the
past few days, it begins TO look as if the
rainy season had begun early this year.
THE FLORIDA WEEKLY NEWS Is fairly
booming, and new subscribers are COM
ing in by every mail. 1t is large six
page paper, and the best newspaper in
the State for 81 per year.
Oranges are growing very fast now,
and some of the fruit is already as large
as hen eggs. The next crop promises to
be composed of very large fruit all
round, even if the crop proves a little
short of the average in bulk.
We learn from the st. Augustine pa
pers that Capt. E. E. Vaille Will soon be-
gin the erection of fifteen one-story
store rooms on his old hotel lot. The
walls will be built heavy enough to sup
port mammoth hotel. which will be
erected in a few months over the stores.
Just til nix of it Even the apology
for milk that we buy in little TIN cans is
not milk at all. The st. Augustine
Weekly informs us that bogus milk Is
the latest, and Florida, of course, must
be expected to consume the bulk of the
manufacture. 1t is made of glycerine,
nitrate of potassium, and other COM
pounds pleasant to the taste, and is said
to bio much like genuine milk"
A hArrt th.at Of MA,Iayv
morning mourners were before the
mayor yesterday. but all the fines We're
for small amounts. Billy Moragne was
charged with being drunk and disorderly,
and his fiIe was 50 and costs. Henry
Williamson was fined 81 for using pro-
fame language, and for the same offense
Lee Patton had to plank out 81 and costs.
Tom Robinson. charged with --disorderly
conduct, was fined 81 and costs. Three
others, charged with disorderly conduct,
We're dismissed.
The last of the series of base ball games
between the Welaka and Pomona clubs
was played on Saturday, last, resulting
in a victory for the Pomona club. The
game was witnessed by large number
of people, and the iveliest interest was
taken by all. The Pomona club feels
proud of its victory, for the Welakas are
good players, and the battle was hard
fought one. However, the Pomona club
is anxious for scaips, and is ready to en-
terrain challenge from any of the clubs
ON the Peninsula
The Savannah Ne,rs as well as a num-
Der of our State exchanges compliment
us very often by reprinting items from
this page of THE PALATKA NEWS. We
appreciate the compliment very highly.
but would like it still better if they
would give due credit. To see para
graph belonging to this paper going the
rounds of the press credited to the Sa-
vannah NeIrs or some other excellent
paper reminds us too much of the cold
'uncharitableness of the world. News
items are scarcer then hens teeth and a
paper should be given necessary credit
for what it gives.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24
PERSONALS.

III. +. Flanders, of NorwaIk, was in
town yesterday and gave us an appreci-
ated call
Miss Lizzie Gray left yesterday for
Virginia, where she will spend the
greater part of the summer.
Major j. L. Burton and Mr. Robt. Bur
ton, OF Crescent City, We're in town yes
terday, looking after business affairs.
MIR. j. Z. Boland, formerly of this
city, but recently of Key West, was in
town yesterday en- route to his old home
in Chicago.
Messrs. Z. l.. Beatty, of Sanford, and
John Nj. Taylor, of Gainesville. were
among the arrivals at the Saratoga Ho-
tel yesterday.
Mr.. Paul b. LaL.ane. of Tampa. was in
town Yesterday, shaking hands with his
Old Palatka friends. He looks as though
that section agreed with him.
Alex. Ray and Mr. Smith. of Fruit
iahd' were in town yesterday. They are
preparing to spend some time at SUM
mer Haven during the hot months.
We had pleasant call yesterday from
MIR. Seymour. the St. Augustine repre-
sentative of the Jacksonville Ne,rs. He
reports his end of that excellent naper a.
fiourishing.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24
P0st-Oflice Directory.
OFFICE HOURS.

General Delivery-Open at SD a. m; closes
at ID. .
Money Order-Open at 8. 30 a. m; closes mt
D. -
o. 10 a m and after arrival of Northern mail.
MAILS ARRIVE AND CLOSE
Northern mail arrives at lois a. m. and 81 II
D. m: closes mt 1920 "a. m. and 4.:s p. m
Jacksonville mail arrives at 81! y. m; closes
at 4D y. m.
Southern mail arrives at All a m. and ll-l1
4 m; closes at $40 "a. m and I'D p M
st. Augustine mail arrives at I'D a. m and
500 ID. m: closes at 1870 a. IN. and 40 p. m
valatka and Druyton Island mail arrives at
10 30 a. m; closes ar 10 p. H.
Palatka and TocOi mail arrives at 1910 IA. m,
closes at 10 D. m.
Palat ka and DaytOna-ArriyeS at HUB a. M,
leaves at LES D.
Florida Southern Railway arrives Mt 40 p
m; closes at =. 40 IA. IN.
palatka and Bannersviile-Arrivese every sat
urtlay ut II NJ, and closes at E.bp.m.
Northern mails ON sunday close at I'D a. IN.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-24

Letter in south Florida Times
On my way from Palatka. fell in
with the veteran. DIR. g. E. Halves, of
Palatka, who practiced his profession in
Volusia County forty-one years ago.
when there Were but seven voters in the
county. The practice was as unremu-
nerative then as now, for he says his to-
tai proceeds, from five years of practice,
were thirty-six dollars. He was located
on the Dun Lawton Hammock, and gave
me very graphic and pleasing account
of trip he once made to Spring Garden
via Enterprise. to see a patient. He has
also been quite a politician, representing
that district in the State Senate for
many years.